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The Creek and the Cave, Rebecca Trent, and the Milo Yiannopoulos Fallout
from #226 - Whitney Webb #3 | The Tim Dillon Show · #226
7 min
Tim tells the story of the Creek and the Cave comedy club in Long Island City closing, focusing on owner Rebecca Trent who was branded a Nazi by the comedy community after her venue hosted the Legion of Skanks podcast's Milo Yiannopoulos interview, despite her years of generosity to broke comedians.
- Raymond Cump got a promotion at his job and won't be making his scheduled appearance.
- The Creek and the Cave, a Mexican restaurant in Long Island City where Tim started his comedy career, has closed.
- Rebecca Trent, the venue's owner, loved comedy and supported comedians by allowing them to perform and improve.
- The Skanks podcast booked Milo Yiannopoulos, and the New York comedy community attacked the venue and threw Rebecca Trent under the bus.
- Trent hosted free Thanksgivings and Christmases for comics without families and raised money for comics with cancer.
- The comedy community split between those defending artistic freedom and those calling Trent a Nazi for hosting the podcast.
- Milo had already lost his book deal and Fox News spots before appearing in the basement of a Mexican restaurant.
- Comedy venues attract unstable people, and falling on the wrong side of them damages the business through accusations of supporting hate speech.
- Lewis C.K. called Tim asking if Milo was really that bad, and Tim said he didn't think it was a big deal.
- Tim told Rebecca the controversy wouldn't end with Milo; allowing pressure to shut down controversial guests sets a precedent that won't stop.
- Comics Tim had supported didn't return the favor for Rebecca when she needed it, though he defended her on social media.
- People Trent went to bat for didn't reciprocate when she faced backlash over the Milo appearance.
Rebecca TrentMilo YiannopoulosThe Creek in the CaveLegion of SkanksAnthony CumiaRay KumpDonald GloverGavin Newsom